A group of Russian publishing professionals are coming to London on Thursday, the 31 of January to discuss Russian contemporary literature with a focus on YA fiction: By Maria Kozlovskaya Wiltshire There will be a series of meetings and events at the Free Word Centre organised by English PEN and the British Council as part… Read More Meet the Publishers: 3 Professionals on the Russian Kidlit Landscape
The 2019 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Committee – amazingly served by Annette Goldsmith, Gene Hayworth, Kim Rostan, Laura Simeon, and Elaine Tai – is honored to announce the 2019 inaugural shortlist. Please help us celebrate these fine translations and the publishers behind them by encouraging your teen readers to explore the world through the…
With enormous help from authors, illustrators, publishers, and the general public, the library launched with 774 books in 37 languages, in November 2018.… Read More A Multilingual Children’s Library for Sheffield
“So when on a Saturday morning Barni gets up really early, he wastes no time in waking his parents up using the very same routine they themselves have practiced on him all week long.”… Read More ‘The Book of Barni’: Bridging the Gap Between Grown-ups and Kids
After the nonstop activity on this platform throughout September, we confess we were pretty much burned out. Deadlines and real life took over and we didn’t manage to post during October. Sorry! But a lot happened in the world of translated children’s books, so here’s a look back on the highs and lows of a month… Read More World Kid Lit – October news round-up
A look back at #WorldKidLit Month in 2018.… Read More A Look Back: #WorldKidLit Month 2018
“Mahasweti Devi wrote for children because she believed that things can change for the better only if we include children in our imagination of this world.”… Read More Celebrating WorldKidLit Month with 10 Books from India
